Chapter 100: Two Strong Genes
Pale continent, colorful mist coast.
The teleportation array is three kilometers east.
Under night, two players were sitting on the white beach chatting.
Blowing the salty sea breeze, listening to the sound of waves lapping on the beach, mixed with the chirping of seabirds in the distance, this environment made them feel extremely comfortable.
In front of them was a newly raised bonfire, the wood crackling under the flames.
One of them was breaking branches and adding wood to the bonfire to fuel the fire.
On the iron pole set up in front, there are freshly caught crabs strung on a skewer. The shells gradually turn red under the flames, exuding an alluring aroma, mixed with the smoky smell of burning wood, which is mouth-watering.
This is a monster called "Golden Claw Crab".
The hunting level is 0, but the taste is extremely delicious. After eating it, you can get about 0.5 points of physical training experience. The specific effect depends on the size of the crab.
After capturing, you can sell it in the trading house at a price of more than 3 points. The supply is often in short supply, and the price has an obvious upward trend.
Since the opening of Caimu Coast, golden claw crabs here have been caught in large numbers and are a rare delicacy in the eyes of players.
Grilling crabs on the beach has become a popular leisure activity.
Nowadays, many players engage in violent battles with insect tides and black tides in the Teizhong Mountains during the day, and come to the Aimei Coast to relax and unwind at night, focusing on relaxation and relaxation.
"It's so uncomfortable. I shouldn't have gone online today. Do you know how uncomfortable I was when I heard the news..."
Jiang Cheng turned the iron rod made of weapon fragments in his hand and turned over the grilled crabs. He kept complaining and looked at the players next to him with resentment in his eyes from time to time.
"Isn't it just a spiritual field? When I die, you will inherit this field. Why are you anxious?" The man who spoke was about 20 years old and had short hair. He could not hide the smile in his eyes at this time, and then continued:
"But let's not talk about it. The battle to purify Yuntian was really explosive. The president of the Shentang Guild really has two brushes, and he just overturned our last headwind."
"Why burn? I almost collapsed when I heard this news. Why did you enter the top 1,000 contributors?"
Jiang Cheng couldn't hide the bitterness in his eyes as he spoke, and then added:
"This is worse than killing me."
Facing the complaints from his good brother, Xia Sheng, who was sitting aside, looked satisfied:
"It's all fate. The Shentang Guild originally wanted to invite us to participate in the purification battle, but something happened and you were offline. Who can blame you?"
After hearing his good brother's answer, Jiang Cheng couldn't help but bared his teeth and said fiercely:
"Nausea, dizziness, and vomiting. To be honest, if you earn a few hundred sacrificial points, I might be happier than you. Let's buy some spiritual fish meat, get some spiritual plants, and sit on the beach and eat crabs. I will definitely bless you sincerely when you have a big meal Good luck, but as soon as you make a profit, you will get a 25-square-meter spiritual field. This is a treasure that can continuously produce sacrificial power. I can't even eat now, and I don't want to sleep. I hate you when I think about it... You are really Damn it.”
After listening to his good brother's endless complaints, Xia Sheng reached out and grabbed the iron rod:
"You can't eat, right? Give it to me if you can't eat. I'm starving after killing Xie Sui for a day. It's just a good supplement for nutrition."
"Don't even think about it, even if I have no appetite, I have to eat...I will eat three, you eat two."
After laughing and playing, the two hungry people started to eat the crabs.
When you peel back the hard crab shell, you will find crab meat that is as white as jade and full of meat. You can see the silky texture of the meat through the flickering firelight.
The dried seawater turned into granules and penetrated into the meat through the pre-perforated shell. When they took a bite, the delicious taste mixed with the salty seawater whetted their appetites.
Not long after, a bunch of crabs were eaten.
Feeling that they were still unfinished, the two got up and ran towards the sea, and began to search for golden claw crabs on the beach.
Half an hour later, the two players grabbed four golden claw crabs that had been washed in seawater and returned to the campfire. After skewering them with iron poles, they continued to roast them on the fire.
It wasn't until I finished eating four golden claw crabs that I felt satisfied and decided to get down to business.
After discarding the crab shells in their hands, Jiang Cheng and Xia Sheng looked at each other and took out a dark red seed from their respective space bags.
Before they even started, the pain was already evident on their faces.
"What a sin. The technological progress of this thing is too slow. Why can't it come out with new products as often as arms dealers do?"
After hearing Jiang Cheng's complaint, Xia Sheng couldn't help but roll his eyes:
"Stop talking nonsense, do you want to eat or not?"
"Eat, you must eat."
"I shouted, 321, swallow it together."
"Okay."
Three seconds later, two figures began to roll in pain on the beach.
Even with 90% pain reduction, the severe pain still makes them feel unbearable.
What's even more painful is that they need to observe their physical condition while enduring the intense pain, and drink healing potions from time to time to ensure that while enduring the pain, they will not bottom out and die.
It was not until 20 minutes later that the rising pain gradually subsided and they were finally able to get up and move.
But the effects of genetic enhancement have not completely disappeared.
The expressions of the two people still looked extremely painful, but they simultaneously took out the second gene seed from the space bag.
This was not their first attempt, but the torture caused by the gene seeds still made them tremble.
Xia Sheng took a deep breath at this moment, and then took the lead in putting the second gene seed into his mouth and swallowing it:
"Damn, that's terrible!"
Veins popped up all over his body, and Xia Sheng's body was shaking uncontrollably again.
He quickly took out a bottle of recovery potion from his space bag and poured it into his mouth.
The healing liquid slid down the throat, carrying a little warm current as it traveled through the body, quickly repairing the internal injuries caused by the gene seeds.
During this period, the pain continued to intensify, but Xia Sheng still gritted his teeth and persisted.
Because he knew clearly that this was the only way for an individual player like him, who had no skills or wealth, to rise quickly.
As individual players, they have limited ways to earn sacrifice power.
In order to save energy, he and his brothers chose the most painful way to gain physical training experience by eating gene seeds.
They also thought about obtaining exercise experience through other channels.
However, the mainstream methods of obtaining physical exercise experience are very expensive.
For example, you can gain body-building experience through spiritual plants, spiritual fish meat, and other food supplements. This process is indeed enjoyable, but it is also the most expensive option.
The increase in physical training experience brought by spiritual materials and spiritual fish meat is a negative benefit, and the cost is higher than directly converting physical strength into physical training experience.
After multiple versions of improvements, each gene seed can now bring about 15% of the cost price + about 15% of the body-building experience, which is the method of obtaining body-building experience with the highest return on investment.
Because of this, a very small number of players choose to take the body-building route of swallowing gene seeds.
He and his good brothers are two of these very few.
Players like them are nicknamed genetic hunks or genetic supermen on forums.
In the eyes of other players, they are a group of fools who will do whatever it takes to save sacrifice energy.
They think that if they choose to resist severe pain and save a few cents of sacrificial energy, they might as well go out and kill a few more evil spirits. The sacrificial energy earned can completely make up for the benefits brought by the gene seeds.
Xia Sheng has different views on this kind of thinking.
Swallowing one gene seed indeed earns 15% of the body-building experience bonus, but what if there are two? Where are three? What about ten?
If you don’t make enough, make up the amount.
I only earn a few bucks by killing evil spirits, but the training experience gained by me showing off my gene seeds is more than what you earn by killing evil spirits in a day.
This is just a game. You can’t die in anything you do. Since you can’t die, why should you be afraid of the pain of gene seeds?
In addition to purchasing new life souls or upgrading the level of the star veins, all the excess sacrificial power on the body should be used to dazzle gene seeds.
The 15% physical training experience bonus is enough to put them ahead of most players.
This is also the reason why they can be named on the forging level list, and also the reason why the management of the Shentang Guild invited them to the purification campaign.
The painful torture continues.
One is just the beginning, followed by the second, third...
Stimulated by the intense pain, the two of them rolled on the beach in pain, regardless of the idiotic looks from passing players.
When the blood volume is about to bottom out, he will take out a bottle of recovery potion from his space bag and drink it to resist the damage to the body during the gene seed strengthening process.
Two hours later, the two people, who were almost exhausted, sat in front of the campfire, curled up and looking weak.
His pale face looked like he had experienced a serious illness.
"It's too difficult. Next time, save more sacrifice power and buy some. Maybe there will be a new version of gene seeds on the shelves, which will save you a little pain."
After listening to Jiang Cheng's suggestion, Xia Sheng nodded weakly:
"Okay, save more next time... By the way, I'll catch some crabs to eat after I regain my strength. I'm so hungry."
"Me too, so hungry." Jiang Cheng shrank and nodded with trembling lips.
While the two were chatting, a black shadow suddenly appeared next to the bonfire, bringing with it a gust of wind that caused the bonfire to fluctuate violently and sparks to scatter.
Xia Sheng and Jiang Cheng looked up.
I saw an old man with white hair standing next to the bonfire. He was wearing a broken armor, and a half-broken knife hung on his left waist. It was covered with rust. His deep eyes were looking at them carefully. , with a slight smile on his face and the corners of his mouth raised slightly.
With just one glance, they could tell that the old man was definitely no player.
Although he has a human-like appearance and the equipment he wears seems to be from the ancient battlefield area, there is no game name belonging to the player on the old man's head. Even if the game name is hidden, players can still see the scarlet flame logo representing the camp above their heads.
Focusing their eyes, the old man's analytical information appeared in their minds:
【Austerity】：
Hunting level: 79 (Tip: The target's physical function has seriously declined, resulting in a significant decline in hunting level evaluation)
Introduction to the target: The last chief of the Dayan tribe in the Caimu Coast area and the only remaining member of the Dayan tribe. He has spent his whole life studying "rule-like" abilities. His too-aging body can no longer support the advancement of the research project and is about to die of old age.
……
Xia Sheng and Jiang Cheng were shocked when they saw that the opponent's hunting level had reached level 79.
"Hiss, Gousheng, this old man is a bit strong."
"What I care more about is that the old man is about to die. Can I find an opportunity to give him a knife? This is level 79. If you kill him, you can show off how many gene seeds you have." Xia Sheng said in the voice channel with excitement.
At this moment, the old man suddenly spoke, grinning and showing his incomplete teeth:
"Can you give me one of the energy substances you just ate?"
The old man's question made Xia Sheng and Jiang Cheng curse secretly on the voice channel.
The price of a fourth-generation gene seed in the trading house is 350 sacrificial power points. In their opinion, the old man's behavior was like asking them for 60,000 yuan, which was too much.
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Finding that they were silent, the old man seemed to think that they did not understand the common language of the monster world. After thinking for a while, he changed the language and continued to ask.
But under the guidance of analysis and translation, the old man just repeated what he just said.
"No, you are so embarrassed to ask for it." Xia Sheng looked dissatisfied.
Xia Sheng's answer brought a smile to the old man's face, and he understood what Xia Sheng wanted to express.
Then he raised his right hand, loosened his clenched fist, and revealed a golden crystal on his palm.
Through analysis, it was found that this turned out to be a spiritual ore with a quality of "level 7".
"How about exchanging it for this?"
"No problem." Before Jiang Cheng could say anything, Xia Sheng said without hesitation.
The price of a spiritual ore with a quality level of 7 is at least eight times that of a gene seed. No matter how you exchange it, you won't lose money on this deal.
With that said, Xia Sheng turned to look at Jiang Cheng and spoke in the team chat channel:
"How much sacrificial power do you still have?"
"221 points."
"Forward it all to me."
"Okay."
Knowing that this deal was a sure profit, Jiang Cheng decisively transferred the remaining sacrifice power to Xia Sheng.
After receiving the sacrifice, Xia Sheng called up the trading panel and jumped to the page for selling gene seeds through the history in the left column. He selected a seed and placed an order directly.
[Challenger Tips: Purchase the trading house’s custom product “Gene Seed”, and the remaining sacrificial power will be deducted: 350 points. 】
As the prompt sounds, the gene seeds automatically enter the space bag.
Taking out the gene seed, Xia Sheng handed it to the old man and exchanged it with him for the golden seal stone in his hand.
As soon as he got it, he threw the golden seal stone into his space bag, fearing that the old man would fall out if he took the gene seed.
The level 79 hunting level is simply not something they can compete with.
When the old man saw the golden seal stone disappearing, he was stunned for a moment. There was a hint of curiosity in his eyes, but he didn't ask. He lowered his head and looked at the gene seed in his hand.
After staring for a few seconds, he picked up the gene seed and was about to put it into his mouth.
Seeing this scene, Xia Sheng decisively stopped him:
"Don't eat it, it hurts."
When the old man heard this, a smile appeared in his eyes:
"I have observed you for a long time, and naturally I understand that this thing will cause strong pain to the body."
After saying this, he put the gene seed into his mouth without hesitation and swallowed it down.
Xia Sheng and Jiang Cheng couldn't help but bared their teeth when they saw this. They could already predict the old man's next reaction.
But what surprised them was that the old man's expression did not change at all. After a brief silence, he grinned and revealed his incomplete teeth:
"Not bad, very good."
"Doesn't it hurt?" Xia Sheng asked doubtfully.
"It's okay, but after all it's a bit off." Feeling the power of the gene seeds being released in his body, the old man looked at the two of them again and couldn't help but nod:
"You are very good, but are you interested in following me to learn the supreme divine method?"
"No, we are not familiar with each other, and you want to accept a disciple. Isn't this progress a bit too fast?" Xia Sheng asked with a puzzled expression.
Hearing this, the old man laughed:
"I have no heirs anymore, and my legacy must be inherited by someone. I think you are a good fit. It's up to you whether you want to or not."
As the old man spoke, just as he was about to answer Xia Sheng and Jiang Cheng, a challenger prompt suddenly sounded in their minds:
[Challenger Tips: Trigger the hidden mission: Secret Technique Practice. 】
Mission reward: unknown.
……
Qi Sheng, who was behind the scenes at this time, was also paying attention to the old man who was in contact with the two players.
By analyzing the information, he found that the old man might possess rule-like abilities, which made him curious about the old man.
The so-called rule-like ability, simply explained, is a special ability that is not as good as rules, but close to the category of rules.
Although it is close, to truly become a rule-level ability is to cross an almost impossible gap.
The characteristic of rule-like ability is that it transcends ordinary power, but it is limited to this and is far from reaching rule-level effects.
And every rule-level ability has powerful characteristics that change the laws of the world.
For example, the flesh-reshaping characteristic of Imperial Tomb Village, the pheromone evolution characteristic of insect tide, the endless devouring characteristic of Kuroshio, the divine gold characteristic of mechanical legion, etc.
There are obvious differences in the strength of each world-level rule ability, but the weakest rule-level ability among them cannot be compared to the rule-like level.
This is why he issued the mission to get the truth.
He already understood the old man's thoughts.
Obviously he is very optimistic about the two players Xia Sheng and Jiang Cheng. He has exhausted his resources and wants to pass on his research to them.
……
After hearing the hidden task prompt, Xia Sheng and Jiang Cheng could not hide their joy.
Facing the old man's invitation, they agreed without hesitation, then looked at the old man and asked curiously:
"Why choose us?"
Facing the inquiry, the old man sat down in front of the campfire, a gleam of light appeared in his yellow eyes:
"Because you are the native life of this world, not an external force. This can be distinguished from the aura on your body, and your willpower reminds me of my former self. At that time, I, like you, struggled to grow up. Enduring endless pain ”
During the narration, Xia Sheng and Jiang Cheng gradually learned about the old man's background story.
The old man's name is Ku Xing, and he is the last chief of the Dayan Clan.
At the time of his birth, the Ayagiri Coast was in the early stages of the raging black tide.
In order to resist the invasion of the Black Tide, the Dayan Tribe made peace with several nearby ethnic forces that had been fighting for generations, and joined forces to fight against the Black Tide.
However, swept by the terrifying black tide, their resistance became particularly weak, and they were unable to stop the continuous advancement of the black tide.
During this period, tribesmen continued to die, and everything on the Colorful Mist Coast withered under the erosion of the energy of the black tide.
It was at that stage that Ascetic ascended to the throne and became the leader of the clan.
He knew that the power of ordinary creatures alone could not resist the Black Tide. Only rule-level power was the key to fighting the Black Tide.
To this end, he launched a lengthy research, trying to create a powerful ability comparable to rule-level power.
As it turns out, he simply couldn't do it.
But long years of in-depth research also allowed him to find an ability characteristic that is close to the rules.
That is pain, the powerful power brought by an extreme emotion.
Having said this, Ku Xing looked at Jiangzhou and Xia Sheng who were sitting next to him:
"Now the vitality in my body is withering and my life is dying. There is not much time left. I want to pass on my lifelong research to you... And I have only one request. If there is an opportunity in the future, I can contribute to the fight against the Kuroshio."
"No problem." After hearing this request, Xia Sheng nodded in agreement without hesitation.
As a member of the player camp, their world-class main mission is to confront the terrifying black tide.
This is a matter of duty.
"Follow me." The old man stood up at this time.
"Where to go?"
"The land of the Great Yan Clan."
(End of chapter)